p62 07 027070276 7G? STRUCTURE POST-TEST (Paper) SECTION 2 STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION Time—25 minutes (including the reading of the directions) Now set your clock for 25 minutes. This section is designed to measure your ability to recognize language that is appropriate for standard written English. There are two types of questions in this section, with special directions for each type. Structure Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the oval cannot be seen. Look at the following examples. Example I Sample Answer ‘The president ___ the election by a landslide. 8 (A) won, © (B) he won ® (C) yesterday (D) fortunately The sentence should read, “The president won the election by a landslide.” Therefore, you should choose (A). Example I Sample Answer When the conference? (A) the doctor attended (B) did the doctor attend (C) the doctor will attend (D) the doctor's attendance ‘The sentence should read, “When did the doctor attend the conference?” Therefore, you should choose (B). Now, begin work on the questions. POST-TEST (Paper) 331202020202020207 range in color from pale yellow to bright orange. (A) Canaries (B) Canaries which (C) That canaries (D) Canaries that are insects to obtain 2. Carnivorous plants nitrogen, (A) are generally trapped (B) trap generally (©) are trapped generally (D) generally trap 3. A federal type of government results in (A) a vertical distribution of power (B) power is distributed vertically (C) vertically distributed (D) the distribution of power is vertical 4, February normally has twenty-eight days, but every fourth year, has twenty- nine. (A). there (B) its (©) isaleap year (D) aleap year, it 5. Evidence suggests that one-quarter of operations bypass surgery may be unnecessary. (A) they involve (B) involve (C)_ involving (D) which they involve 6. a tornado spins ina counterclockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, it spins in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere. (A) However (B) Because of (©) Although (D) That STRUCTURE 7, 10. WL The Caldecott Medal for the best children’s picture book, is awarded each January. (A) isa prize which (B) which prize (C)_ which is a prize (D) isa prize Sports medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the identification and treatment of injuries to persons (A) sports are involved (B) involved in sports (©) they are involved in sports (D) sports involve them The Wilmington Oil Field, in Long Beach, California, is one of. oil fields in the continental United States. (A) productive (B) the most producti (©) most are productive (D) productivity Thunder occurs as through air, causing the heated air to expand and collide with layers of cooler air. (A) anelectrical charge (B) passes an electrical charge (C)_ the passing of an electrical charge (D) anelectrical charge passes The population of Houston was ravaged by in 1867, yellow fever in 1839 (A) it happened again (B) and again (©)_ was ravaged again (D) again once more Goor2°02020202020202 12. Researchers have long debated 14. 13, Saturn’s moon Titan contains hydrocarbon oceans and lakes. (a) (B) (©) () According to Bernoulli’s principle, the 15. higher the speed of a fluid gas, over it whether the whether over whether the pressure. (a) (B) © (D) it will be lower lower than the the lower lower it is The flight instructor, at the air base, said that orders not to fight had been issued. (a) (B) ©) (D) when interviewed when he interviewed when to interview when interviewing In the northern and central parts of the state of Idaho and churning rivers. (A) majestic mountains are found (B) are majestic mountains found (©) are found majestic mountains (D) finding majestic mountains GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE POST-TEST (Paper) 333334 2902020202020202 Written Expression Directions: In questions 16-40, each sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen. Look at the following examples. Example I Sample Answer The four string on a violin are tuned A Perera in fifths. The sentence should read, “The four strings on a violin are tuned in fifths.” Therefore, you should choose (B). Example IT Sample Answer The research for the book Roots taking a B Alex Haley twelve years, D The sentence should read, “The research for the book Roots took Alex Haley twelve years.” Therefore, you should choose (C). ‘Now, begin work on the questions. GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE STRUCTURE202020202020202 16. 17, 18, 19, 20. 2. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Light can travels from the Sun to the Earth in eight minutes and twenty seconds, A B c D Every human typically have twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in most cells. A B Cc In the sport of fencing, three type of swords are used: the foil, the epee, and A B Cc D the sabre. The Internal Revenue Service uses computers to check tax return computations, to a B determine the reasonableness of deductions, and for verifying the accuracy of Cc reported income. D There was four groups of twenty rats each involved in the test. v B Cc D The type of jazz. known as “swing” was introduced by Duke Ellington when he wrote A B Het and records “It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing.” D The bones of mammals, not alike those of other vertebrates, show a high degree A B Cc of differentiation. ‘The United States receives a large amount of revenue from taxation of a tobacco “x B c D products. Much fats are composed of one molecule of glycerin combined with three molecules A B Cc of fatty acids. —~D The capital of the Confederacy was originally in Mobile, but they were moved A B fate ae: to Richmond. A pearl develops when a tiny grain of sand or some at a enters into the shell of a pearl oyster. Daas itant accidentally GOON TOTHE NEXT PAGE POST-TEST (Paper) 335,202020202020202 27. The English horn is an alto oboe with a pitch one fifth lower as that of the x B tT soprano oboe. 28. Inthe Milky Way galaxy, the most recent observed supernova appeared in 1604. Beer eee eee 29. Although the name suggests otherwise, the ship known as Old Ironsides was built of oer EEeaae aonorees oak and cedar rather than it was built of iron. D 30. Never in the history of humanity there have been more people living on this ee Freee relatively smalll planet. 31. Because of the mobile of Americans today, it is difficult for them to put down a c real roots. meal roots 32. For five years after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee served to president of Washington a B College, which later was called Washington and Lee. c D 33. Doctors successfully used hypnosis during World War II to treat fatigue battle, Paaeaee Bae Caer 34, The lobster, like many crustaceans, can cast off a damaging appendage and A B Cc regenerate a new appendage to nearly normal si 35. The main cause of the oceans’ tides is the gravitation pull of the Moon. a B c D 36. The curricula of American public schools are set in individual states; they A B do not determine by the federal government. D 37. The fact that the sophisticated technology has become part of rev a delivery systems has not made travel schedules less hectic. c D GO ON TO THE NE! 336 STRUCTURE202020202020202 38. Balanchine's plotless ballets, such Jewels and The Four Temperaments, present dance x B Cc purely as a celebration of the movement of the human body. D 39. Ina solar battery, a photosensitive semiconducting substance such as silicon crystal A B is the source of electrician ea Caca: (a ceaDseeat 40. In early days hydrochloric acid was done by heating a mixture of sodium chloride A B Cc with iron sulfate. D This is the end of Section 2. I you finish before 25 minutes has ended, check your work on Section 2 only. POST-TEST (Paper) 337